Rosalee Anderson - Turning Over a New Leaf - July 15, 22 & 29

This "Spring" design entails several elements which all contribute to a satisfying whole: a continuous twisting leaf motif, a decorated initial letter, flat and raised gilding, a damascene pattern, the addition of a vine - all of which you can mix and match to create a design of your own.

Lesson 1 - We will be learning how to draw a continuous leaf, which twists and turns as it enhances the initial letter. We will also be doing flat and raised gilding - flat gilding a larger area than normal, and we will compare different sizings to that end. We will begin to paint the first design. You will need to have design 1 transferred onto a 7" x 7" piece of 140# paper and ready to paint.

Lesson 2 - We will continue painting design 1, and start design 2. Design 2 builds on the first design, expanding and raised/flat gilding areas, continues the new leaf while adding a vine, and introduces a damascene pattern in the background of the S. These techniques will be of value to you in your own designs. 

Lesson 3 - We will continue what we haven't finished from lesson 2, and, if time permits, will expand further on the S design, providing more areas for raised/flat gilding.

Turning Over a New Leaf
Rosalee Anderson, Hosted By The Gentle Penman

Live (Also recorded for later viewing)

July 15, 22, & 29, 2023 (Saturdays)
20:30 pm – 22:30 pm (Hong Kong Time)

Class Cost: HK $1,000.00 or USD $130.00

All Skills Levels

Registration Link : https://www.thegentlepenman.com/turning-over-a-new-leaf

Supply List:

Paints
- Indigo (HW100)
- Titanuim white (HW100)
- Hookers green (HW100)
- Yellow ochre (HW100)
- Coliro/Finetec gold (S1000)

Gold leaf­
- lnstacol (S892, S1110)
- Ormaline for flat gilding preferred (if unavailable, use thin Coat of lnstacol)
- Brushes for application of sizing - one fine, other larger (BR49)
- Gold leaf - 4-5 leaves of a book, 23K XXX (S940)
- Dog-tooth burnisher (S1667, S193)
- Soft polishing cloth such as cotton or silk
- Envelope windows
- 2 pieces of 6 x 6 acetate (P66)
- Four paper clips

Miscellaneous
- Black Micron 01 (M17)
- Favorite pointed pen for writing (N113, N77, N120, N72, N69)
- Favorite pointed nib for outling design
- Ink for pointed pen (I37, I162, I28, I37, I60)
- The Masters Brush cleaner (S930, S987)